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Nikolic, Marko, and Miriam Homsi. "Negative Interest Rates Effect Economic Stability." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-40911.
Гордієнко, Віта Павлівна, Вита Павловна Гордиенко, Vita Pavlivna Hordiienko, Тетяна Олексіївна Семененко, Татьяна Алексеевна Семененко, Tetiana Oleksiivna Semenenko, and V. Tretynyk. "Interest rate and economic growth in Ukraine." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2020. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/81029.
Исследование посвящено анализу процентной ставки в контексте экономический рост в Украине.
The study is devoted to the analysis of interest rates in the context of economic growth in Ukraine.
Lin, Syaru Shirley, and 林夏如. "National identity, economic interest and Taiwan's cross-strait economic policy 1994-2009." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43761896.
Lin, Syaru Shirley. "National identity, economic interest and Taiwan's cross-strait economic policy 1994-2009." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2010. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43761896.
Lekkos, Ilias. "Empirical evidence on interest rate dynamics : evidence from USD, DM, GBP and JPY interest rates." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268125.
Hughes, Paul. "Electro-biosorpative recovery of economic metals from waste streams." Thesis, Ulster University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674966.
Güell, Serra Mireia. "Theoretical studies of systems of biochemical interest containing Fe and Cu transition metals." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7941.
The presence of computational and theoretical chemistry is increasing in chemical research in nearly all fields. Theoretical calculations can help to better explain structure, properties, and reactivity in metallic compounds, in such diverse areas as inorganic, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry. However, it is essential to use the suitable methodology in order to obtain reliable theoretical results. The studies of this Thesis can be divided into two different groups. The first group includes the theoretical study of the reaction mechanism of several copper-containing systems with different Cun-O2 structures. These studies are carried out with the aim of providing some insight into the nature of the chemical and biological copper-promoted oxidative processes with 1:1 and 2:1 Cu(I)/O2-derived species. In the second part of this Thesis the reliability of different theoretical approaches used to study the electronic structure and reactivity of systems containing copper, iron or other transition metals is evaluated.
Ilunga, Ngoy Serge. "Impact des termites sur les cycles biogéochimiques du cuivre et du cobalt dans le Katanga (RDC) - Application à la prospection minière." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2022. https://docnum.univ-lorraine.fr/ulprive/DDOC_T_2022_0207_ILUNGA_NGOY.pdf.
Knowledge of the influence of termites on transport of metals of economic interest within the complex of lithosphere, pedosphere and termite mounds is of great interest for geochemical and geological characterization of anomalies in mining prospection. Termites have an important functional role in the structuring of soils, causing chemical enrichment through the vertical transport of minerals exchanged between the deeper horizons and the termite mounds built at the surface. Our objective in this thesis is to evaluate the influence of termites on Cu and Co biogeochemical cycles in a mineral-rich region (Katanga, DRC), with the aim to optimize the utilization of termite mounds in mining prospection. This objective requires a characterization of mineral and organic phases at various scales. To achieve this, firstly, a geochemical mapping of termite mounds of two dominant genera of the region, Macrotermes and Cubitermes, was carried out at the landscape scale in an area that received a geological and soil and rock geochemical mapping. The utilization of termite mounds allowed the identification of lithogeochemical facies reflecting the subjacent geology on a regional scale according to the feeding habits of each termite genus. The spatial distribution of termite mounds also allowed us to follow Cu and Co content evolution according to study area geology. The combination of mineralogical and geochemical data acquired on Macrotermes falciger termite mounds and morphological and chemical characterization of their main constituents at microscopic scale allowed to identify carrier phases of interest metals in termite mounds materials. Similarly, the comparison of geochemical signatures of M. falciger termite mounds and their parent materials allowed to establish a lithogeochemical relationship, identifying the source of provisioning at depth by M. falciger. Finally, the association of geochemical characterization results of termite mounds for four granulometric fractions (0-20 µm; 20-63 µm; 63-200 µm; 200-2000 µm) and results on evaluation of the impact of termites on the constitution of aggregates in termite mounds and/or soils, allowed to specify the most informative granulometric fractions on the presence and mineralization of carrier phases of interest metals in Katanga in termite mound materials. The application of all these methods and all elements collected allowed us to propose a Cu and Co biogeochemical cycle scheme in this system, underlying the use of termite mounds in effective and efficient mining prospection
Humala, Acuña Alberto. "Markov switching modelling of interest rate pass-through." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2005. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34676/.
Tse, Ching-biu Alan. "The Hong Kong Government's interest rate policy : a political and economic perspective /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12323378.
Tice, Julian H. "Using non-linear/chaotic dynamics for interest rate determination." Thesis, Online version, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.310826.
Rhee, Joonhee. "Three models of the term structure of interest rates." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1998. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36336/.
Bavasso, Antonio. "Communications in EU law : antitrust, market power and public interest." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249286.
Yoon, Yeo Hun. "Stabilization program in a small semi-open economy with foreign debts and controlled interest rates." Connect to resource, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262692922.
Yi, Chong-ŭn. "International integration, growth, and the World Real Interest Rate." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299727.
ALMEIDA, BARBARA LUCIA DE. "SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYAMINES, ADENOSINE 5`TRIPHOSPHATE, PHOSPHOCREATINE COMPOUNDS AND SOME BIOLOGICAL INTEREST METALS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12171@1.
Este trabalho descreve a síntese e caracterização de compostos de Cu(II), Co(II) e Cd(II). As técnicas de caracterização utilizadas foram análise elementar, termogravimetria, UV-vis, espectroscopia de infravermelho, RMN (para complexos de Cd(II)), EPR (para complexos de cobre (II)) e difração de raio X, quando obtidos cristais. A primeira parte do trabalho foi a síntese de um novo complexo: [Cu(PCr)(H2O)], e os resultados sugerem que a PCr age como um ligante tridentado (o átomo de nitrogênio do grupo guanidino e os átomos de oxigênio dos grupos fosfato e carboxilato como sendo os átomos doadores). A quarta posição na esfera de coordenação é ocupada por uma molécula de água. Estes resultados foram confirmados através de cálculos computacionais (DFT/B3LYP:6- 311G procedimento teórico) e mostram que o cobre(II) está tetracoordenado com uma geometria quadrática plana. A segunda parte deste trabalho foi a síntese de quatro novos complexos do tipo [Cu(ATP)(poliamina)], contendo como ligante as poliaminas (PA): etilenodiamina, 1,3- diaminopropano, espermidina, espermina e o ATP. Os valores dos parâmetros paralelos de EPR para os complexos mostram que o íon cobre(II) está complexado através dos oxigênios dos fosfatos do ATP. Os dados da TG indicam que nos omplexos estão presentes moléculas de água de hidratação. A parte final deste trabalho foi o estudo das interações dos sistemas entre as poliaminas e os tetraclorometalatos. Quatorze novos compostos de Cu(II), Co(II) e Cd(II) de estequiometria [MCl4(poliamina)] contendo, além das poliaminas já citadas, a poliamina putrescina foram preparados. Um complexo de Co(II) com a estequiometria [CoCl2(H2O)4]Put.2HCl, foi preparado e formou cristais.
This work describes the synthesis and characterization of Cu (II), Co(II) e Cd(II) compounds. The characterization was performed by means of elemental and thermogravimetric analysis, UV-vis, IR, RMN (for Cd(II) compounds), EPR (for Cu(II) compounds) and X-ray diffractometry (for crystals). The first part of this work was the synthesis of one new complex : [Cu(PCr)(H2O)] and the results suggest that PCr is acting as a tridentate ligand (the nitrogen atom of the guanidine group and the oxygen atom of the phosphate group and the carboxylate group being the donor atoms). The fourth position is occupied by a water molecule. These results were confirmed through computational calculations (DFT/B3LYP:6-311G theoretical procedure) and show that Cu(II) is tetracoordinated and arranged in a tetrahedric geometry. The second part of the study was the synthesis and characterization of four new complexes of the type [Cu(ATP)(polyamine)] containing as ligands the polyamines (PA): ethylenediamine, 1,3-diaminepropane, spermidine or spermine and ATP. The EPR parallel parameters values for the complexes show that Cu(II) is complexed through the oxygen atoms from the phosphates groups of ATP. TG data indicate that each complex has the presence of one water molecule of hydration. The final part of this work was the study of the interactions occurring in systems between tetrachlorometalates and the polyamines. Fourteen new compounds of Cu(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) of stoichiometry [MCl4(polyamine)] were prepared, containing all the polyamines cited before plus putrescine were prepared. One complex of Co(II) with the stoichiometry [CoCl2(H2O)4] Put.2HCl, has formed single crystals.
Pang, Kin. "Calibration of interest rate term structure and derivative pricing models." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1997. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36270/.
Wei, C. X. George. "Interest, mentality, and strategy Americans and China's economic reconstruction, 1944-1949 /." access full-text, 1996. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/umi-r.pl?9704457.pdf.
Berardi, Andrea. "Term structure of interest rates, non-neutral inflation and economic growth." Thesis, London Business School (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266078.
Davies, Orlan. "The Uncovered Interest Rate Parity at the Turn of the 20th Century." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/663.
Cao, Shuo. "Essays on the term structure of interest rates." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7324/.
Ferman, Marcelo. "A macro-finance approach to the term structure of interest rates." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2011. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/450/.
Londoño, María del Pilar. "Institutional arrangements that affect free trade agreements : economic rationality versus interest groups /." Rotterdam : Rotterdam : Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Erasmus University Rotterdam [Host], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/7578.
Tse, Ching-biu Alan, and 謝淸標. "The Hong Kong Government's interest rate policy: a political and economic perspective." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1986. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31974934.
Smithin, John. "The rate of interest, economic growth, and inflation. An alternative theoretical perspective." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2002. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1458/1/document.pdf.
Series: Working Papers Series "Growth and Employment in Europe: Sustainability and Competitiveness"
Mills, Paul Spencer. "Should interest exist? : non-usurious finance in economic thought, theory and practice." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/275241.
Shelile, Teboho. "The term structure of interest rates and economic activity in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002729.
Nitzsche, Dirk. "The term structure of interest rates in the UK and Germany." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307921.
Kamati, Reinhold. "Monetary policy transmission mechanism and interest rate spreads." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5883/.
Murbach, Adma. "Avaliação do Regime de Metas de Inflação no Brasil : 1999 a 2015 /." Araraquara, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144430.
Banca: Alexandre Sartoris Neto
Banca: Vladimir Sipriano Camillo
Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o regime de metas de inflação no Brasil no período compreendido entre julho de 1999 e setembro de 2015, com interesse especial em avaliar se o principal instrumento utilizado para alcançar as metas, a taxa básica de juros do país foi o principal responsável para que essas tenham sido alcançadas ou se outra variável, como a taxa de câmbio colaborou para que isso ocorresse. Dentre os trabalhos já realizados sobre o assunto, encontrou-se colaboração empírica que mostra que a inflação responde melhor a um choque da taxa de câmbio do que a um choque da taxa de juros.
Abstract: The objective of this research is to analyze the regime of inflation targeting in Brazil in the period between July 1999 and September 2015, with particular concern in measuring whether the main tool to achieve the goals, the basic rate of the country's interest was mainly responsible to it has been reached or if another variable as the exchange rate contributed to this happened. Among the work already done on the subject, we find empirical collaboration shows that inflation responds better to a shock in the exchange rate than a shock in interest rates.
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Galindo-Paliza, Luis Miguel Alejandro. "The demand for money, interest rates and the exchange rate in Mexico." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241548.
Morell, Joseph. "Macro-finance essays on the term structure of interest rates." Thesis, University of Kent, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/67200/.
Luke, Iain Ronald Mackenzie. "Moral thinking and the self-interest axiom in the history of economic analysis." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624794.
Berglund, André, and Carl Svensson. "On the risk relation between Economic Value of Equity and Net Interest Income." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-208175.
Baselkommittén har föreslagit ett nytt Pelare 2-regelverk för att utvärdera ränterisken i en banks bankbok kallat Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book. Regelverket kräver att en bank beräknar och rapporterar två olika mått på ränterisk: Ekonomiskt Värde av Eget Kapital-risk (EVE-risk) samt Räntenettorisk (NII-risk). Dessa två mått har tidigare studerats separat men få modeller har föreslagits för att studera relationen dem emellan. Baserat på tidigare forskning så antar vi att delar av bankboken kan approximeras som en rullande obligationsportfölj och föreslår en modell för att relatera sambandet mellan portföljens löptidsstruktur, EVE-risk och NII-risk. Genom att simulera korträntor från Vasicek-modeller med olika antal faktorer så undersöker vi de resulterande riskerna mätt som Expected Shortfall. Vi visar också att vissa av de teoretiska antagandena verkar ha liten påverkan på riskprofilen.
Traill, Thomson Josephine Ann. "Economic policies for nature conservation in the UK : Sites of Special Scientific Interest." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27548.
Tang, Jian-Jing. "Interest rates and financial market integration : a long-run perspective on China." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2016. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3318/.
UDDIN, MD TASLIM. "Essays on Economic Integration of Immigrants." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/274547.
All households need wealth for economically secure and create opportunities for the next generations. A focus on the wealth position of immigrant households illuminates how immigrants are economically integrated into the host society and provides a unique perspective on their financial well-being. Based on the 2006-2016 Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), we study the differences in wealth accumulation between immigrants and natives. The quantile regression analyses indicate that immigrants hold significantly less net wealth than their native counterparts throughout the wealth distribution. The wealth gap persists even after controlling for demographic characteristics and other influencing factors including income, level of education, risk profile, etc. When compared to natives, immigrants are less likely to participate in the formal financial markets and their portfolio choices also differ from those of the native-born. The likelihood of holding risky assets, government securities, homeownership, and businesses are reduced by immigrant status. Homes are the largest investment that all households make and by far the principal component of the household’s wealth composition. Mortgage loan is the key to become a homeowner. We investigate the pricing difference of mortgages between immigrants and natives in Italy using a unique and large dataset on the granted loan contract. We find that immigrants pay substantially higher than natives for mortgages. The interest rates differential persists high and significant even after controlling for different risk factors, mortgage characteristics and personal characteristics of borrowers. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition reveals that 80 percent of the observed differential interest rate does not depend on the observable characteristics. The empirical evidence provided here indicates that these differentials are likely caused by discrimination. Our findings suggest that there is lack of notable advances toward economic integration of immigrants in Italy and additional policies which might help to ease the process of integration and contribute to reducing the wealth inequality through promoting of financial products especially for immigrants, easy access to the credit markets, and the removal of obstacles to the access to the credit markets.
Henry, Olan Thomas John. "The rational expectations hypothesis of the term structure : an economic analysis of the U.S. treasury yield curve 1952-1991." Thesis, University of Reading, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262456.
Rodríguez-Arana, Muñoz Jaime. "Users and Services of General Energy Interest." Derecho & Sociedad, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118152.
El Derecho Administrativo moderno debe enmarcarse en el Estado Social y Democrático de Derecho. Los ciudadanos, usuarios de los servicios de interés general, ocupan un lugar central en todas las categorías del Derecho Regulatorio. Disponen de un estatuto jurídico que les permite estar presentes en las decisiones que le afectan y poder impugnar las decisiones que lesionen sus derechos.
Rojas-Cuellar, Tania Raquel. "Utilisation of cellulose waste for the production of a chemical intermediate of economic interest." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/utilisation-of-cellulose-waste-for-the-production-a-chemical-intermediate-of-economic-interest(81b2984b-adf0-48a9-8e06-f3e9da548c19).html.
Andrews, Michael Jeffrey. "Fuel of interest and fire of genius: essays on the economic history of innovation." Diss., University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5702.
Thirumurthy, Harsha. "Household saving behavior and the real interest rate: an empirical study." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1354811060.
Peralta, Salvador Elena. "Thermodynamic aspects of selective complexation of heavy metal ions of environmental interest: fundamentals and applications." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/107940.
Metal ion and lanthanide recognition is of fundamental importance to many areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Metal - sulphur bond is a fundamental interaction in biochemical systems and in selective separation applications for the heavy and precious metals extraction from liquid phase. The studies reported in this thesis present the first thermodynamic investigation concerning the complex formation by several linear and macrocyclic thioethers and the Zn(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) ions in organic solvents, such as acetonitrile (AN) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The main objective is to test their potential as efficient complexing agents and selective extractants for environmentally important metal ions and rationalize the recognition process in a medium which has a relatively low dielectric constant and it is less structured than water. The stability constants are evaluated by potentiometry using Ag(I) as competitive ion. In the case of mercury, calorimetric titrations evidence that stability constants are extremely high, and for this reason, they have been determined by means of polarography. Titration calorimetry has been used to determine the reaction enthalpy (∆H°) and to calculate the entropic term (T∆S°) allowing the definition of the picture of the complexation thermodynamics. The results show a higher selectivity for Hg, with respect to other metals, of all the ligands studied in AN. Application to liquid-liquid distribution systems of Hg(II) has been carried out by the complex formation between the thioether derivative macrocycle 9AneS3 in hexane and aqueous Hg(NO3)2. The results showed the distribution of 9aneS3 between the organic and aqueous phase. Therefore, aqueous insoluble 9AneS3 becomes soluble in presence of aqueous Hg(II) because of corresponding aqueous soluble Hg(II)-9AneS3 complex formation. The analysis of data with LETAGROP-DISTR program has shown the formation of 1:2 and in less extent 1:3 Hg(II):9AneS3 aqueous complexes. On the other hand, a pre-concentration system including a 9AneS3 impregnated cellulose and polyurethane sponge uses field portable XRF technique which allows the determination of mercury concentration. The results show that the treated cellulose sponge can provide more than one order of magnitude (40 to 50 fold) on Hg concentration with respect to the untreated sponge. Finally, a way to obtaining highly emissive complexes is to employ flexible macrocyclic ligands capable of forming a suitable cavity for lanthanide ions and effectively eliminating solvent molecules from the first coordination sphere. This is important in the field of luminescence, which is extensively studied for the lanthanides. For this reason, formation constants for a series of lanthanide and the flexible BTPA (N-donor) as complexing agent were determined in AN.
Tzavalis, Elias. "Tests and applications of the rational expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates." Thesis, London Business School (University of London), 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361604.
Wu, Andrew Man Kit. "Efficient lattice methods for pricing interest rate options and other derivative securities under stochastic volatility." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248776.
Julia, Draeb. "Reexamining the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Interest Rates: an Out-of-Sample Forecasting Perspective." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1623251442890825.
Nilsson, Lisa. "Using Interest Rate Spreads to Predict Economic Development Empirical Results for the U.S. 1980-2007." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/05609599001/$FILE/05609599001.pdf.
Lund, Camilla Elisabeth. "Changing perceptions of the national interest in economic and defence policy under Mitterrand, 1981-1989." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389842.
Carvalho, Osires. "Production and market structure for minor metals : an economic view from the non-ferrous industry." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/46700.
Mavura, Mike Tigere. "The European Union trade, development and cooperation agreement (TDCA) with South Africa : promoting development or self interest?" Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007572.